Honoring Nature
The Story Of is passionate about honoring nature through floral design. For us, this means pursuing environmentally friendly design — including sourcing seasonally and locally while employing sustainable methods.
Thoughtful, responsible sourcing is fundamental to this ideal. By working with local farms and responsible wholesalers, we aim to mitigate unnecessary environmental impact and overall carbon footprint.
As an ode to natural seasonality and a means to minimizing waste, we utilize floral at all stages of it’s life cycle - taking what may be traditionally wasted and using it as a beautiful expression of it’s life. We also embrace diversity in product - foraged, experimental, not overly used flowers and botanicals give our designs a fresh and distinctive flare.
Sustainability
Two major waste factors that we have worked to minimize are green waste and floral foam. We take all measures possible to compost and reuse packing materials while processing and designing. We are also 100% floral foam free. Floral foam is a non renewable resource which contains toxic chemicals, releases micro-plastics into the water, and creates an unnatural rigidity in arrangements.
Whenever possible, efforts are made to make Denver a little brighter by donating post-event floral or participating in public art displays.
Accessibility
The Story Of is whole-heartedly and unapologetically dedicated to lifting up our fellow members LGBTQ+ community as well as those of racial, ethnic, religious, or any other minority groups and those of any socio-economic status. If this inclusivity offends you, we are not the florist for you.
We believe in honest, transparent pricing and take it upon ourselves to educate those outside of our professional community on the true cost of event floral design. This honors both the consumer and the designer. You will find a breakdown of our general pricing structure in the about tab. (CURRENTLY UNDERGOING REVISION).
TSO is small event friendly. We currently do not have a price minimum for event design, but are dedicated to pricing as appropriate for the atmosphere and aesthetic wish to achieve.
Expression
Your event should be an expression of you. Our design process - outlined here - allows for a deeper relationship and understanding of who you are and how your event can be an unforgettable reflection of you as a person, a couple, or as an organization. We welcome quirky traits, embarrassing stories, out of the box passions, and opportunities for unabashed personalization.
We are passionate about keeping the design process an open dialogue between client and designer to produce the most unique and personalized event possible. At TSO we hope you will enjoy a small-scale, boutique experience, which gives clients full access to our unique design perspective and allows us to express ourselves through flowers.
Thank you to Styrmir + Heiddis for the beautiful images used above.